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@@#@%*\~^. .^~\*%@#@@
#@#@%*\~^. .^~\*%@#@#
@@#@%*\~^. RAILS .^~\*%@#@@
##@@%*\~^. .^~\*%@@##
#@#@%*\~^. .^~\*%@#@#
#%\\^..... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .....^\\%#
#@#@%*\~^. .^~\*%@#@#
@%\^...... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ......^\%@
###@%*\~^. .^~\*%@###
@#@%**\~^. .^~\**%@#@
#@#@%*\~^. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .^~\*%@#@#
#@#@%*\~^. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .^~\*%@#@#
#%%%\^.... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ....^\%%%#
#@@%%*\~^. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .^~\*%%@@#
#@#@%*\~^. .^~\*%@#@#
#@#@%*\~^. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .^~\*%@#@#
#@#@%*\~^. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .^~\*%@#@#
#@#@%*\~^. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .^~\*%@#@#
@@@*~..... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH .....~*@@@
@##@%*\~^. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .^~\*%@##@
#%%%\~.... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ....~\%%%#
@@%*\~^^^. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .^^^~\*%@@
@@@%%*\~^. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .^~\*%%@@@
@%%%**\~^. ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .^~\**%%%@
#@#@%*\~^. .^~\*%@#@#
#%****\~^. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .^~\****%#
@@*\\\~^.. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ..^~\\\*@@
#@#@%*\~^. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .^~\*%@#@#
@@@%**\~^. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .^~\**%@@@
#@#@%*\~^. WATER. .^~\*%@#@#
#@%\^..... .....^\%@#
@@*\~^.... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ....^~\*@@
@@#@%*\~^. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION .^~\*%@#@@
@@#@%*\~^. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .^~\*%@#@@
##@#%*\~^. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .^~\*%#@##
#@#@%*\~^. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .^~\*%@#@#
@@%%*~.... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ....~*%%@@
###@%*\~^. .^~\*%@###
#@#@%*\~^. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .^~\*%@#@#
#%%%%*\~^. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .^~\*%%%%#
#%%\~..... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .....~\%%#
###@%*\~^. .^~\*%@###
###@%*\~^. @@@@@@@@ .^~\*%@###
#@#@%*\~^. .^~\*%@#@#
##%\~^.... MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. ....^~\%##
#@#@%*\~^. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .^~\*%@#@#
#@#@%*\~^. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .^~\*%@#@#
#%**~^.... IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ....^~**%#
@%\~~~.... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ....~~~\%@
@@%*\^^... ...^^\*%@@
@%\~...... ......~\%@
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@%\~^..... .....^~\%@
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